Nanchang Municipal Social Welfare Institute
The orphanage is also referred to as Jiangxi Provincial Social Welfare Agency
in Nanchang and is in the city. The orphanage is quite a large one, when visited
in 1999 I was told they care for over 500 children. (I traveled with the
Amity staff to see the work we're been sponsoring through them.) This
orphanage has been in existence for many years although the current building
that houses the children is a fairly new. One family was told it was considered "one of the better
orphanages" in China, and also that it's likely that most of babies come
from the outlying villages of Nanchang. We traveled to adopt in March 1996 and were not
allowed to visit the orphanage. See China Adoption of Claire Lianne in Sept.
1995 for an account, with some pictures, from a family who did visit.
The last group that I know of that was allowed to visit (before visits were stopped
for a few years) was in February 1996.
The Nanchang orphanage now seems to be open to visitors again. I visited in June and November of 1999 with the Amity staff (photos at http://www.gurrad.com/june ) and again in April 2002. I have heard of quite a few other adopting families that have been allowed to visit around that time or more recently. A couple families sent photos, one visiting in March 2000 and one in January 2002.
Currently the babies who are getting adopted and were born in 1996 and later
all have the surname Hong.
Those born in late 1994 through 1995 (and mostly
adopted in 1995 and 1996) had the surname Chen, which is the name of the
assistant director Ms. Chen Lingling. Jeff's daughter, at the above website, was born in 1994 and had the surname Feng
as did most in their group.
2007-12 - Galactic Hotel Review - We stayed at the Galactic Hotel and loved it. We utilized the pool as our new daughter loved to swim and our two little daughters loved it too. I utilized the steam room. I wish I had one at home! The restaurant across the street is great, I agree! The new location of Tiffanies Place is nearby. The street the Hotel sits on has really cheap ice cream bars (.10) just a few shops down when turning right when leaving the hotel front. The staff could not be nicer! It is very close to the CCAA office and not far from Wal-Mart and the big shopping street near the Wal-Mart. We had a great time. Also we took a cab to a place called the Free Market. Maybe your guide will no where to send the cab. It is a multi story building that sells children's clothes, shoes, material, and anything else you can imagine for CHEAP. It is much cheaper than Wal-Mart and any other shops that we found. (WR)
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Families Experiences From 2001
How You Can Help the Children
Still at the Nanchang Orphanage!!
See Photos of the
Nanchang Schoolchildren That We're Sponsoring
The
Hart Place
First American Adoption
from Nanchang
Jasmine's Love Story
Hong Jiao Jiao
Hannah's Home Page
Chris and Penny's Homepage
Madison's Page
A Journey to China
- includes photos taken at the SWI with a disposable camera.
Our first trip to China--28 January, 1996 to 7
February, 1996
Philip and Madaline Carpenter's
Place
Experiences
of other families adopting from Nanchang
There is now an e-mail group specifically for those who have adopted from Nanchang and for those with a referral for a child from Nanchang. You can sign up at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NanchangFamilies.
You can find an address for this orphanage, and print out an address label in Chinese, at http://www.blessedkids.com/index_files/addresses.htm
Chen Hong Rong |
Chen Tie Lu |
Chen Yu-Nan |
Chen Nanfeng |
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| Born 4-1-95 | Born 11-17-95 | Born 6-24-95 | Born 7-8-95 |
| Adopted 11-22-95 | Adopted 7-2-96 | Adopted 2-7-96 | Adopted 3-19-96 |
| Wu Dong Xuan | Chen Xin Fang | Chen Meifang | Chen Run Yun |
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| Born 2-26-91 | Born 11/20/95 | Born 10/29/95 | Born 7/8/95 |
| Adopted 10-92 | Adopted 8/96 | Adopted 8/96 | Adopted 1/30/96 |
| Chen Xinju | Chen LingLing | Chen Nanyue | Chen Kuai Lan |
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| Born 5/26/95 | Born 12/26/94 | Born 3/3/95 | Born 10/15/94 |
| Adopted 10/22/95 | Adopted 11/18/95 | Adopted 8/95 | Adopted 10/95 |
| Hong Guolan | Hong Jiao Jiao | Feng Guangrong |
Hong Xianlan |
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| Born 4/96 | Born 6/6/96 | Born 4/16/94 | Born 10/25/96 |
| Adopted 5/97 | Adopted 8/12/97 | Adopted 11/2/94 | Adopted 10/26/97 |
| Hong Jing Si | Chen Tao Mei & Chen Tao Li |
Hong Luo Ying |
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| Born 1/2/97 | Born 11/13/95 | Born 6/3/02 |
| Adopted 2/4/98 | Adopted 10/13/96 | Adopted 1/5/04 |
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Hong Ding Ying |
Hong Bolan | Hong Hujing | Hong Fuju |
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| Born 7/27/96 | Born 5/25/96 | Born 8/19/96 | Born 2/19/96 |
| Adopted 9/15/97 | Adopted 8/12/97 | Adopted 5/5/98 | Adopted 1/20/97 |
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Hong Xian Dong |
Hong Shenghua |
Hong Nan Xiao |
Hong Gongxiu |
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| Born 7/3/97 | Born 7/21/97 | Born 7/24/97 | Born 10/10/96 |
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Adopted 7/27/98 |
Adopted 7/6/98 | Adopted 7/98 | Adopted 4/5/98 |
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Hong Lan Di |
Hong Xian Cheng |
Hong Dai Jun |
Chen Nanjuan |
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| Born 10/9/98 | Born 7/18/97 | Born 7/11/97 | Born 4/3/95 |
| Referral 4/9/99 | Adopted 7/26/98 | Adopted 8/24/98 | Adopted 11/28/97 |
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Hong Liling |
Hong Xian Le |
Chen Peng Yu |
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| Born 1/22/97 | Born 5/8/97 | Born 8/11/95 |
| Adopted 2/4/98 | Adopted 8/25/98 | Adopted 4/2/96 |
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Hong Jiaocheng |
Chen Shan Shan |
Your Child |
Hong Hai Ying |
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| Born 7/26/97 | Born 12/6/95 |
CLICK |
Born 11/97 |
| Adopted 9/15/97 | Adopted 10/28/97 | Adopted 1/99 |
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Hong Fa Mei |
Hong Yang Yuan |
Hong FuBin |
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| Born 10/18/98 | Born 6/3/99 | Born 5/14/97 |
Photo taken |
| Referral 11/18/99 | Adopted Mar '00 | Adopted 9/8/98 | |
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Chen Xinying |
Hong Cong Lan | Hong Yuan Xin | Hong Bei Hui |
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| Born 5/25/95 | Born 10/2/99 | Born 3/2/99 | Born 3/29/96 |
| Adopted 2/7/96 | Referral 4/13/00 | Referral 6/13/00 | Adopted 1/19/97 |
| Hong Yang Lin | Referral Photo | Chen Ai Lin | Hong Hu Xue |
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| Born 5-19-98 | Born 7/30/95 | Born 6-30-97 | |
| Adopted 6-20-99 | Adopted 3/10/96 | Adopted 7-6-98 | |
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Hong Tao Ling |
Chen Nan Jiao | Hong Jing Ling & Hong Jing Ting |
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| Born 5-17-99 | Born 8-1-95 |
Born 11-9-99 |
| Adopted 1-10-00 | Adopted Jan '96 |
Adopted 9-4-00 |
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Hong Qing Xian |
Referral Photo | Hong Jin Hui |
Hong Tang Qian |
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Born 1-13-96 |
Born 7/21/99 |
Born 1-31-00 |
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| Adopted 1-20-97 | Adopted 4/3/00 | Adopted 11-9-00 | |
| Hong Hu Die | Hong Fang Min | Lin | Referral Photo |
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Born 3/11/01 |
Born 5/18/99 |
Born 7-1-99 | |
| Adopted Feb 2002 | Adopted 1/4/00 | Adopted 7-23-00 | |
| Hong Xin Xuan | Hong Shu Fang | Chen Fang Yuan | Hong He Fang |
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| Born 10/10/01 | Born 8/8/99 | Born 12/17/95 | Born 6/3/01 |
| Adopted 8/3/02 | Adopted 5/7/00 | Adopted 8/10/96 | Adopted 5/12/02 |
| Hong Zan Die | Hong Ying Ying | Hong Jiao Feng | |
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| Born 7/10/03 | Born 6/24/04 | Born 10/25/98 | |
| Adopted 7/28/04 | Adopted 2/6/06 | Adopted 8/30/99 | |
| Hong Shan Qing | Hong Xian Rui | Your Child | |
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| Born 8/29/99 | Born 8/17/01 |
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| Adopted 5/22/00 | Adopted 4/8/03 | ||
Children from the Nanchang orphanage waiting at the Lakeview Hotel to meet their parents in July 1998.
If you would like to contribute photos or information to this website or join our Jiangxi family directory (information not posted at the website) please e-mail me at webmaster@gurrad.com
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